Horner: Vettel has been remarkable

Date published : 04 Apr 2010 - 12:43:08

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner has praised Sebastian Vettel's handling of the team's tough start to 2010 - and his brilliant victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix.Vettel was leading both the Sakhir and Melbourne races when technical glitches cost him likely wins, but he made up for it by leading team-mate Mark Webber to the flag in a Red Bull one-two in Malaysia today.Horner said Vettel had coped masterfully with the disappointments in Bahrain and Australia, and reckons that fortitude will serve Vettel well now he is up to third in the championship, just three points behind leader Felipe Massa."He's been remarkable - if anything he was more cool than a lot of other people in that he knows he's got a fast car and his motivation has been sky-high because of that," said Horner of Vettel."He was in a position to win the first two races, he didn't, but at least he was in a position to do that."Now he's got this victory out of the way, so we're on the scoreboard properly with both drivers."Horner admitted that Red Bull had been paranoid that something would deny its drivers in Malaysia too, and was relieved to have proved it could put a complete race together."In the last 30 laps I think everybody in the team aged about three years, because the car ran faultlessly, but after you've had two difficult races, you're listening for every noise and looking at every sensor, but the car was impeccable for both Mark and Sebastian," said Horner."Leaving Melbourne on Sunday was really frustrating - it should have been the type of result we've had here today."But thankfully this race was only seven days away and we're leaving tonight feeling a lot better."